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Work-Bench
The Enterprise Seed Specialist Leading Petra Labs' $5.2M Round
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Work-Bench is explicitly dedicated to early-stage enterprise software, with a NYC-biased pre-seed and seed model and a 2026 lead investment in AI-search infrastructure.
Proof point
Work-Bench led Petra Labs' $5.2M Seed round announced Jul. 22, 2026. Its $160M Fund IV is dedicated to enterprise software and leads Seed rounds with $2M-$4M checks.
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- Industry focus
- Enterprise Software; Vertical Software / Vertical SaaS
- Technology focus
- AI; Machine Learning; Dev Tools; Software
- Stage
- Pre-Seed; Seed
- Geography
- Global
- Category
- The Hot Early Stage Investor
Team
Jessica Lin
Co-Founder & General Partner
Jonathan Lehr
Co-Founder & General Partner
Daniel Chesley
Principal
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